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National Math Olympiad

Slovenia geometry

Problem

Let be an acute triangle. A line parallel to intersects the sides and at and . The circumcircle of the triangle intersects the segment at , . Prove that the triangles and are similar.
Solution
The lines and are parallel, so . The inscribed angles over the chord in the cyclic quadrilateral are equal, . This implies The lines and are parallel, so . Since the points and are concyclic, we have , and so . The triangles and have two angles in common, and , hence they are similar.

Techniques

Cyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing